HealthCentral's Multiple Sclerosis Community

Welcome to the Week in Review and a short week it has been with the Memorial Day Holiday. So what's been going on around here? Let's find out.

From the Community:

*Denise Coleman discusses the importance of National Registries. "One way to attract attention to an illness is to tell the general public how expansive and expensive it is.A National Institutes of Health(NIH) registry of people in the United States with a specific illness can not only give credible information about the number of people diagnosed with a certain disease but it can identify patterns, whether geographic or genetic based. This kind of information will attract media attention, which then can be used to educate and enlighten those in the position to affect policy."

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*Metal Mike is newly diagnosed and new to HealthCentral. Please welcome him to the community.

From the Leaders:

*Vicki continues her series on MS types and discusses Living with Progressive MS. "MS steals our abilities, but functions can often be supplemented or replaced by assistive devices and helpful friends, family or professional caregivers."